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The Isle of Conquest is a 1919 American silent drama film starring Norma Talmadge and produced by Talmadge and her husband Joseph Schenck. The film is now considered lost.[1][2]

The Isle of Conquest
Norma Talmadge and Wyndham Standing
Directed by	Edward Jose
Written by	John Emerson (scenario) Anita Loos (scenario)
Based on	By Right of Conquest by Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
Produced by	Joseph Schenck Norma Talmadge
Starring	Norma Talmadge
Cinematography	David Abel
Distributed by	Select Pictures
Release date	October 26, 1919 (1919-10-26) (United States)
Running time	72 mins. 60 mins. (United States)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

Based upon a short review in a film magazine,[3] a young woman (Talmadge) marries a wealthy scoundrel so that her mother can live in luxury. While vacationing on his yacht, she becomes shipwrecked and is cast on a desert island with a stoker (Standing) for her companion. They eventually fall in love, but are rescued just before celebrating their wilderness-witnessed nuptials. Her husband later dies, so the lovers are then able to marry.

Cast

• Norma Talmadge as Ethel Harmon
• Wyndham Standing as John Arnold
• Charles K. Gerrard as Van Surdam
• Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Harmon
• Natalie Talmadge as Janis Harmon
• Claire Whitney as Claire Wilson
• Gareth Hughes as Jack Frazier
• Joseph W. Smiley as Dr. Chase
• William Bailey
• Merceita Esmond

See also

• List of lost films

References

External links

• The Isle of Conquest at IMDb
• The Isle of Conquest at AllMovie
• Still of director Edward Jose, the Talmadge sisters and Hedda Hopper during production

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